Ethnopharmacolgy - Philippine Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health

- Philippine plants and natural products used traditionally -

The photos and videos showing the knowledge and practices were obtained with full consent from informants belonging to various communities where the researches were conducted. Any information, photo, or video from this study to be used for further academic research or commercial purposes should have the free and prior informed consent of the knowledge-owners. The knowledge-owners in any of the researches in this website should be properly acknowledged and cited if information, photos, or videos in the research will be used. Any commercial benefits which may arise from the utilization of the people’s traditional knowledge, photos, or videos should be shared with the said knowledge-owners or the community.[1]

Ang mga litrato at bidyo na naglalarawan ng kaalaman at kaugaliang pangkalusugan ay kusang ibinahagi ng mga kinapanayam mula sa ilang mga pamayanan sa mga lugar kung saan ginanap ang pagsaliksik. Kung nais gamitin para sa pananaliksik o komersyal na layon ang anumang impormasyon, litrato, at bidyo rito, nararapat na humingi muna ng pahintulot mula sa tao o pamayanang nagmamay-ari ng kaalaman. Ang indibidwal o pamayanan ay may karapatan sa anumang kalalabasan o komersyal na benepisyo na maaaring magmula sa paggamit ng kanilang minamay-aring kaalaman, litrato, o bidyo. Kung nais gamitin o banggitin sa isang ulat ang anumang impormasyon, litrato, o bidyo na mababasa/makikita rito, nararapat na isulat ang pamayanan o taong pinagmulan ng kaalaman at ang ulat na ito bilang pinagkunan ng datos, litrato, o bidyo.[1]

[1] Batay sa Elisabetsky and Posey (1994) na binanggit sa Posey and Dutfield 1996. Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. p.48.

The list below is a compilation of plants and natural products from documented tkdl researches conducted in the various regions in the Philippines.



LOCAL NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	INDICATION	PLANT PART USED	PROVINCE / AREA

Pasdak babae/ Pungol Pasdak lalake Tagulaylay * Image in process *	1 2 3	Pasdak babae/ Pungol Pasdak lalake Tagulaylay	(Healer?s secret)	(Healer?s secret)	Alabat Island

Alagaw * Image in process *	Premna odorata Blanco	Alagaw	Cough	Leaves or Flower	Alabat Island

Alugbati * Image in process *	Basella albaL.	Alugbati (Filipino); Malabar nighshade; Ceylon spinach (English)	headache	leaves	Surigao del Norte

Bignay * Image in process *	Antidesma bunius(L.) Spreng.	Bignay (Filipino; English)	syphilis and other venereal diseases	leaves	Negros Occidental

Ampalayangligaw * Image in process *	Momordica charantia L.	Ampalayangligaw	?Beriberi? (Swelling of the feet or body)	Fruits	Alabat Island

Palay * Image in process *	Oryza sativa L.	Palay	?Beriberi? (Edema)	Darak (Rice bran)	Alabat Island

Unod-unod (Bis.) * Image in process *	Tacca palmata	Payung-payu_gan (Tag.); kanalong (Bis.); tacca (Engl.); bat flowers (Engl.)	Abdominal distension in child	Flesh	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Eskobang mayawis (Bis.) * Image in process *	Sida acuta	Common wireweed (Engl.); escobang-haba (Tag.)	Abdominal distention in child	Leaves	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Bila-bilang kahoy (Bis.) * Image in process *	Not known	Common name not provided	Abdominal distention in child	Roots	Siquijor, Mount Bandilaan

Lagunding-dagat * Image in process *	Vitex trifoliaL.	Lagunding-dagat (Filipino); Simpleleaf chastetree (English)	abdominal pain	fresh leaves	Batangas

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